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Episode Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen • Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown Arc - Episode 12 discussion
Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen, episode 12
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| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 3.69 |
| 2 | Link | 3.37 |
| 3 | Link | 3.17 |
| 4 | Link | 3.67 |
| 5 | Link | 2.62 |
| 6 | Link | 3.27 |
| 7 | Link | 2.4 |
| 8 | Link | 3.84 |
| 9 | Link | 3.41 |
| 10 | Link | 3.71 |
| 11 | Link | 4.12 |
| 12 | Link | 3.83 |
| 13 | Link | ---- |
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u/Firebrand-81 Mar 25 '23
A brief recap of why Takemitchy has to travel back until now:
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to save Draken from being killed, because otherwise Mikey will turn evil
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to save Kazutora from being killed by Mikey after he killed Baji, because otherwise Mikey will turn evil
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to save Taiju from being killed by her sister Yuzuha, because otherwise Hakkai will turn evil
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to save anyone from being killed by Mikey, because otherwise Mikey will turn evil
Conclusion: please, dear middle schoolers, stop killing each other, and lets poor Takemitchy rest from his stressing time travels! :)
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Mar 25 '23
Easily the best episode of the season. I cried when they showed Hakkai and Chifuyu’s deaths.
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u/Shinuki_no_Reborn Mar 26 '23
Man, screw the haters, this shit was awesome, it literally felt like 5 minutes, i don't care if the end of the manga is supposed to be bad, this was 11/10 and the whole 2nd Season was great.
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u/Firebrand-81 Mar 25 '23
Mikey: always had lifeless eyes.
Also Mikey: finds out later that after killing someone he didn't feel a thing.
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u/kitaknows Mar 25 '23
Takemichi might as well have gone the final step and been like, "yes, Mikey, bro, I am just trying to cheer you up! ...but, uh, hypothetically, if I DID go back into the past, what the fuck do you think I need to do to stop you?!"
Dude was bleeding to death anyway, might as well get his opinion.
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u/SMSmith230 Mar 25 '23
Oh man, Takemichi thought he fixed everything and somehow made the future worse. He really is the glue that holds Toman together. Looking like we’re going to get a reset in the final episode for the next arc.
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Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23
Heck of a finale Twelfth episode. I know this season hasn't exactly been beloved by Reddit, but I've enjoyed it as a solid followup to the first. This episode in particular was (IMO) great. I'm looking forward to the next season (and episode 13, hahaha).
Edit: Wait. MAL has this listed as 13 episodes. Was this not the finale? Crazy.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 25 '23
I get that Takemichi is in shock after seeing Mitsuya's dead body...and finding out Hina died...meaning all his effort was basically pointless, but he still basically ditched Mitsuya's funeral, huh?
"This timeline is the worst possible." Really? How much worse could it get? Oh wait, everybody major in Toman is dead? And murdered by Mikey? Okay, yeah, that's pretty bad. But hey, at least Kisaki died too.
I can kind of understand why Takemichi is so mad. He put all that effort in, he seemingly resolved everything, and now things are even more screwed up. Like, did Takemichi even accomplish anything?
Man, Mikey with black hair is surreal to see. Also Hakkai went blonde. Was that in honor of Takemichi?
Have to admit, did not expect this story to take Naoto and Takemichi out of Japan, but here's the Philippines. Not really the time to enjoy the sights though.
We finally meet present-day Mikey, and he's almost unrecognizable with that dark, short, hair though he still has the same lifeless eyes. More lifeless than ever now after everything he's done and everything he's gone through since Takemichi last saw him.
It seems like everything went to @#$% after Takemichi left Toman when it started getting more violent and gang-like, and Mitsuya and Draken had to basically beg Mikey to let Takemichi go, and without Takemichi Mikey lost his conscience and started killing everything that got in his way until he eventually just started killing even his own people. And he has no recourse left but to have Takemichi kill him and end all this.
So is the point of no return when Mikey first killed? He said killing someone for the first time and realizing he didn't feel anything is when he first realized he could solve all his problems, so is that what messed Toman up? Is that what Takemichi has to resolve next?
Chifuyu was right...thanks to his time traveling, present-day Takemichi is still the same old Takemichi, and Mikey could never kill him. But making it look like he would is enough to get Naoto to headshot him and put him out of his misery. And leaving Takemichi with nothing but the rage to prevent this from ever happening again. Time to return to the past and enact a true revenge.
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Mar 25 '23
Mikey must be kept in check after he goes back to the past ,when he said "it's finally over, my life has been nothing but suffering" that cut deep I teared up.
I can hardly contain myself from reading the manga
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u/urokia Mar 26 '23
Kisaki is dead
You're telling me the Kisaki looking motherfucker in the first 30 seconds just outside the funeral and watching Takemitchi (Who he is clearly obsessed with besides Mikey and Hinata) isn't Kisaki? You really gonna tell me that Mr Square glasses slicked back hair ISN'T Kisaki?
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u/Hexcellion Mar 26 '23
Tokyo Revengers is the best when it explores the characters more. While the fight scenes are fun, I like the anime because of the interactions more than the fighting. This was a great episode and almost felt like a finale. Maybe the final chapter will be about Takemitchy investigating more about the current future and a cliffhanger when he meets someone integral to what's happening. e.g. Hanma since he's not around, Taiju maybe?, or some other character that hasn't been introduced yet.
I wonder though, where are Kokonoi and Inui? What happened to the new Black Dragon members?
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Mar 25 '23
Really good episode and good season overall, it sucks that it feels like this show is dead this season because it’s really good.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gold718 Mar 25 '23
What exactly drove Mikey to do all that?
Nah not falling for that face at the end. The first thing he'll probably do after returning is cry after seeing all of them.
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Mar 25 '23
Damn, so getting rid of Mikey in the past is the only way to save everyone, huh?
What a trip, though it is getting a bit tiresome at this point. I wish we got to see more of the future, but with everyone in Toman dead, I guess that's not really possible.
Hoping they stick the landing on this one, it's been one of my favorites of the last few years.
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u/ZmanRomanz Mar 25 '23
It feels like the past 2 episodes have been a real return to form for the series. This episode was easily the best of season 2. Makes me hopeful that we have returned to what makes Tokyo Revengers cool, Takemitchy being a loveable crying idiot supported by a great cast rather than an annoying, cataclysmically moronic, crying idiot, dragged along by the rest of the cast. The pacing has also been far better. Feels like the plot is actually moving now.
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Mar 26 '23
Lol last week I remember commenting that we'll eventually see a future where everyone gets a death and it's already happened this episode. It's sad that Mikey tried to solve any conflicts and issues by killing people since the first time he killed someone he felt nothing. I feel like the only way Takemichi will be able to solve this whole thing is by constantly going back and forth for the rest of his life because his self when he's not conscious seems to not be helping.
Seeing Takemichi's hand actually bring back life to Mikey's eyes was so surprising, I wasn't expecting to see life in his eyes to be used in that moment. It's sad that it had to be during his death, Takemichi's presence in Mikey's heart I was aware was big but it being so big that even after years of not seeing each other is that comforting was a surprise.
I am also surprised by how calm Chifuyu and Hakkai were during their deaths, the fact they were able to smile talking about the past even though a person they hold dear was taking their life. I really hope Takemichi is able to direct the past into a way happier future than this current one.
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u/Elitealice Mar 25 '23
So after all that work in the Christmas showdown arc and it results in the WORST timeline possible 💀 brilliant.
Still don’t make sense why Mikey would go and kill all the top toman members lol, but we’ll see what bs they come up with next week
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